UC-NRLF 


1;/  !;^, 


B    3    OT'^    fiM7 


L    B  CIRCULAR    OP  EDUCATIONAL    INFORMATION 


\ 

STATE  OF-  OREGON 


School  Laws 


ACTS  OF  1905 


PREPARED  FOR 


TEACHEES  AND  SCHOOL  OFFICERS 


ISSUED  BY 


THK  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION 


J.   H.  ACKEKMAN, 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 


Authorized  by  Senate  Joint  Resolution  No.  28 


>»;^v:- 


SALEM,   OREGON 

J.  R.  WHITI>fEY,  STATE  PRINTER 
1905 


CO 


i  :>« 


CIRCULAR    OF   EDUCATIONAL    INFORMATION 


STATE  OF  OREGON 


L^^J.  ^«-t- 


CHOOL   Laws 


;;«> 


ACTS  OF  1905 


PREPARED  FOR 


TEACHERS  AND  SCHOOL  OFFICERS 


ISSUED  BY 


THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION 


J.   H.   ACKER  MAN, 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instrudlion 


Authorized  by  Senate  Joint  Resolution  No.  28 


*»»».;u**' 


SALEM, OREGON 

J.  R.  WHITNEY,  STATE  PRINTER 
1905 


^fb 


fH-j- 


0-\ 


[10 


SENATE  CONCUKRENT  RESOLUTION  NO.  28. 


Resolved  by  the  Senate,  the  House  concurring  .- 

That  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  is  hereby  authorized  to  annotate  and 
compile  the  school  laws  of  Oregon  enacted  by  the  twentj--third  regular  session  of  the 
Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Oregon,  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  Is 
authorized  to  order  ten  thousand  of  such  annotated  laws  published,  and  when  pub- 
lished shall  be  disposed  of  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  as  follows: 

1.  Four  copies  to  each  school  district  in  the  State. 

2.  Ten  copies  to  each  county  school  superintendent  in  the  State. 

3.  Tweuty-flve  copies  to  each  chartered  educational  institution  in  the  State  receiving 
aid ;  and 

4.  The  remainder  to  libi'aries,  teachers,  and  colleges,  etc.,  of  this  State  applying  to 

hi  m  for  a  copy. 

Adopted  by  the  Senate  February  16, 1905. 

S.  L.  MOORHEAD,  Chief  Clerk. 

Concui'red  in  by  the  House  February  16,  1905. 

W.  LAIR  THOMPSON,  Chief  Clerk. 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

Apportionment  of  school  funds  in  certain  districts 1 

Compulsory  attendance 19 

County  institutes 18 

Duties,  etc.,  of  county  superintendent  in  counties  of  twenty  thousand  or  more 

children 1 

Eighth  grade  examinations 2 

Eminent  domain 14 

Library 15-27 

liocal  institutes 21-25 

Notice  of  tax  levy 11 

Petitions-for  consolidating  districts 22 

Salaries  of  county  school  superintendents 12,  29,  36 

Special  certificates 24 

Tax  levy  to  be  in  even  mills 25 

Teachers  to  give  notice  of  resignation 12 

Transfer  of  school  funds  from  Wheeler  County  to  Gilliam  County 34 

Tuition  to  be  paid  in  certain  cases 24 

Vacancies,  how  filled 2 


380092 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


ACTS  OF  1905. 


AN   ACT  [H.  B.  G8.] 

To  define  the  duties  and  requirements  and  fix  the  compensation  of  county 
school  superintendents  in  counties  having-  twenty  thousand  or  more 
children  between  the  ages  of  four  and  twenty  years  according  to  the  last 
school  census. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon ; 

Beit  enacted  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Oregon: 

Section  1.  That  in  all  counties  having  twenty  thousand  or 
more  children  between  the  ages  of  four  and  twenty  years  as 
shown  by  the  last  annual  school  census,  the  duties  of  the 
county  school  superintendent  and  the  requirements  of  his 
office  shall  be  as  follows : 

1.  The  superintendent  and  the  county  court,  or  the  board 
of  commissioners  in  counties  where  this  board  is  a  separate 
body,  shall  constitute  a  board  for  laying  off  his  county  in  con- 
venient school  districts,  such  board  to  be  styled  the  district 
boundary  board.  Said  board  shall  make  alterations  and 
changes  in  districts  when  petitioned  so  to  do,  in  the  manner 
hereinafter  specified  ;  and  tlie  superintendent  shall  make  a 
record  showing  the  boundaries  and  numbers  of  all  the  districts 
in  his  county  so  established  and  organized.  The  county  judge 
shall  be  ex  officio  chairman  of  said  board,  and  the  superintend- 
ent shall  be  ex  officio  secretary  ;  except,  where  the  board  of 
county  commissioners  is  a  separate  body  the  chairman  of  the 
board  shall  be  chairman.  The  superintendent  and  two  mem- 
bers of  the  county  board  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the 
transaction  of  business. 

2.  When  the  district  boundary  board  shall  have  established 
a  new  district,  the  superintendent  shall  notify,  in  writing,  three 
of  the  petitioners  of  said  district,  who  petitioned  therefor,  giv- 
ing in  said  notice  the  number  and  boundaries  thereof;  and 


..  «<  4l         •'  *  w     *     «     ^»    <5        -4 

*  'C       ^  f>      J.      •>     ^  rt  7    «        * 


-      [2] 

\vhen  alterations  are  made  by  the  said  board,  the  superin- 
tendent shall  notify  immediately,  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  the 
directors  of  all  the  districts  concerned. 

3.  He  shall  make  an  apportionment  of  the  entire  school 
fund  then  in  the  county  treasury  on  the  first  Monday  in  Octo- 
ber of  each  year,  and  at  such  other  times  during  the  year  as 
he  ma}^  deem  advisable.  The  county  school  fund,  collected  in 
pursuance  of  the  school  tax  levied  by  the  county  court,  shall 
be  apportioned  in  the  following  manner:  In  October  he  shall 
apportion  $50  to  each  district  in  his  county  that  has  reported 
to  him  as  required  by  law.  At  the  same  time  he  shall  appor- 
tion to  each  district  in  his  county  $5.00  for  each  teacher  em- 
plo3^ed  by  such  district  during  the  twelve  months  immediately 
preceding  such  apportionment  who  has  attended,  for  a  period 
of  at  least  sixteen  hours,  an  annual  county  institute  or  state 
teachers'  association  held  during  the  twelve  months  immedi- 
ately preceding  the  time  of  making  such  apportionment.  The 
county  superintendent  shall  take  as  evidence  that  such  district 
has  emploj^ed  a  teacher  or  teachers  who  have  attended  an 
institute  or  association  as  above  described,  a  certificate  prop- 
erly signed  by  the  secretary  of  such  institute  or  association,  or 
a  certified  copy  thereof.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  such 
teachers  to  file  with  the  clerk  of  such  district  a  certificate,  or 
cop3'  thereof,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  said  clerk  to  file  said  certificate,  or  copy  thereof,  with  the 
school  superintendent  of  his  county  ;  provided,  that  the  county 
school  superintendent  shall  not  credit  a  district  Avith  a  greater 
number  of  certificates  than  the  whole  number  of  rooms  in 
operation  in  such  district  at  any  one  time  during  the  year. 
The  balance  of  the  county  school  funds  thereafter  remaining 
in  the  treasury,  and  the  amount  of  such  funds  to  be  appor- 
tioned at  any  other  time  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  sev- 
eral districts  in  his  county  that  have  reported  to  him  as  re- 
quired by  law,  in  proportion  to  the  total  number  of  children 
resident  in  each  district  between  the  ages  of  four  and  twenty 
years,  as  shown  by  the  clerk's  last  annual  report.  If  at  the 
time  for  making  the  apportionment  in  October  there  shall  not 
be  sufficient  of  the  county  school  fund  to  make  the  required 
,$50  to  each  district  and  the  $5.00  for  each  teacher  employed 
as  hereinbefore  provided  he  shall  apportion  the  whole  amount 
of  such  fund,  in  equal  sums,  among  the  several  districts  which 
have  reported  as  rec|uired  by  law,  and  as  soon  thereafter  as 
there  is  sufficient  amount  of  the  county  school  fund  on  hand 
for  that  purpose,  he  shall  apportion  to  each  district  such  a  sum 


[3] 

as  will  make  up  the  required  $50  and  $5.00  for  that  year.  In 
case  of  joint  districts  the  sum  of  $50  herein  required  to  be 
paid  to  each  school  district  in  a  county  before  any  part  of  the 
county  school  fund  is  otherwise  apportioned,  said  $50  shall  be 
paid  to  said  joint  district  by  the  counties  in  w^hich  it  lies  in 
proportion  to  the  total  number  of  children  of  school  age  resi- 
dent in  each  district,  between  the  ages  of  four  and  twenty 
years,  as  shown  by  the  clerk's  last  annual  report;  and  the 
$5.00  for  each  teacher  employed  as  hereinbefore  provided  shall 
be  paid  in  equal  proportion  by  each  of  the  counties  in  which 
such  district  lies.  On  tlie  first  Monday  of  October  of  each 
year  he  shall  apportion  the  common  or  irreducible  school  fund 
among  the  several  districts  in  his  county,  in  proportion  to  the 
number  of  children  resident  therein  between  the  ages  of  four 
and  twenty  years.  As  soon  as  he  shall  have  made  any  of  the 
apportionments  provided  for  in  this  subdivision  he  shall  draw 
warrants  on  the  county  treasurer  in  favor  of  the  districts  for 
their  respective  shares,  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  clerk 
thereof;  provided,  that  the  superintendent  shall  not  issue  or 
transmit  any  such  warrant  to  the  clerk  of  any  district  until 
the  clerk's  bond  shall  have  been  received,  examined,  and  ap- 
proved by  the  county  superintendent,  and  filed  by  him  in  his 
oftice  as  a  part  of  the  records  thereof.  The  basis  of  all  appor- 
tionments shall  be  the  last  annual  report  of  the  several  district 
clerks  on  file  in  his  oftice  at  the  time  of  making  such  appor- 
tionment's. 

4.  He  shall  keep  a  book  in  which  he  shall  open  an  account 
with  the  treasurer  of  his  county,  also  with  the  several  dis- 
tricts. He  shall  charge  the  treasurer  with  all  the  school  funds 
going  into  his  hands,  and  when  the  treasurer  shall  present  to 
him  the  district  clerk's  receipts  he  shall  credit  the  treasurer 
with  the  amount.  When  the  superintendent  shall  have  made 
any  apportionment  of  the  school  funds  he  shall  credit  each 
district  with  the  amount  set  apart  to  it,  and  on  receiving  the 
receipt  of  a  clerk  of  a  district  from  the  treasurer  he  shall 
charge  the  amount  to  such  district. 

5.  In  every  examination  held  hereafter  any  applicant  for  a 
teacher's  county  certificate  shall  be  examined  in  the  following 
named  branches :  Orthography,  reading,  writing,  mental 
arithmetic,  written  arithmetic,  English  grammar,  geography, 
United  States  history,  theory  of  teaching,  physiology  and 
hygiene,  civil  government  and  Oregon  school  law.  In  each 
county  there  shall  be  a  board  of  examiners,  composed  of  the 
county  superintendent,  who  shall  be  ex  officio  chairman,  and 


[4] 

two  competent  persons  appointed  by  the  county  superintend- 
ent for  such  time  within  the  term  of  his  office  as  he  mav  des- 
ignate.  Each  member  of  said  board,  two  of  whom  shall  con- 
stitute a  quorum,  shall  receive  the  sum  of  $3.00  a  day,  except 
the  county  school  superintendent,  for  the  time  actually  em- 
ployed in  conducting  the  services  herein  provided  for.  Any 
claim  for  compensation  of  services  under  this  act  shall  be  cer- 
tified to  by  the  board  and  audited  by  the  county  court,  and 
paid  out  of  the  general  fund  of  the  county.  The  county  board 
of  examiners,  or  an}^  authority  authorized  to  grant  teachers 
certificates  or  diplomas,  may  revoke  any  such  certificate  or 
diploma  on  the  proof  that  the  holder  thereof  has  been  guilty 
of  gross  negligence  of  duty,  or  for  incompetency  or  immoral- 
ity ;  but  no  certificate  or  diploma  shall  be  revoked  except  by 
the  authority  granting  said  certificate  or  diploma,  but  the 
county  board  of  examiners  shall  report  to  the  authority  grant- 
ing said  certificate  or  diploma  the  fact  that  it  should  be  re- 
voked, giving  its  reasons  therefor  ;  provided,  that  before  the 
county  board  of  examiners  shall  revoke  any  such  certificate  or 
notify  the  authority  granting  such  certificate  or  diploma  that 
said  certificate  or  diploma  should  be  revoked,  the  person  shall 
have  due  and  reasonable  notice  of  the  nature  of  the  charse 
against  him,  and  shall  have  an  opportunity  to  be  heard  before 
said  board  of  examiners  in  person  and  by  counsel,  and  to  pro- 
duce any  witnesses  he  may  desire  ;  provided,  that  when  the 
State  Board  of  Education  shall  have  been  notified  of  the  fact 
that  said  certificate  or  diploma  shall  be  revoked  no  revocation 
shall  be  made  by  said  board  until  the  person  accused  shall 
have  an  opportunity  to  be  heard  before  the  State  Board  of  Ed- 
ucation in  person  and  by  counsel,  but  no  evidence  shall  be 
considered  by  said  board  except  that  produced  before  the 
county  board  of   examiners. 

7.  Commencing  at  9  o'clock  on  the  second  Wednesday  of 
the  months  of  February  and  August,  and  continuing  three 
days,  tlie  board  of  examiners  for  each  county  shall  hold  a 
public  examination  of  applicants  for  teachers'  county  certifi- 
cates for  such  county  using  the  questions  prepared  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education,  at  such  place  in  the  county  as  may 
be  designated  b}^  the  superintendent.  Neither  the  county 
board  of  examiners  nor  any  member  thereof  shall  at  any  time 
grant  a  private  examination  to  any  applicant  for  a  teacher's 
certificate,  except  for  a  temporary  permit,  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. At  least  ten  days'  notice  by  a  publication  in  a  news- 
paper, if  there  be  one  published  in  the  county,  shall  be  given 


[5] 

by  the  superintendent  at  the  expense  of  the  county,  of  all 
examinations.  The  board  of  examiners  shall  issue  certificates, 
of  such  general  form  as  the  State  Board  of  Education  may  pre- 
scribe to  all  such  applicants  as  are  found  upon  examination  to 
possess  a  good  moral  character,  requisite  scholarship,  and  abil- 
ity to  teach  and  govern  successfully.  There  shall  be  three  grades 
of  certificates  granted  by  the  board  at  its  discretion,  and  subject 
to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  State  Board  of  Education 
may  prescribe,  which  grades  of  certificates  shall  be  as  follows: 

(a)  Certificates  of  the  first  grade  shall  be  granted  only  to 
those  who  are  over  eighteen  years  of  age  and  have  taught 
twelve  school  months  with  approved  success ;  and  shall  be 
valid  throughout  the  county  for  three  years.  To  obtain  the 
same  an  applicant  shall  make  a  general  average  of  not  less 
than  ninety  per  cent  of  all  branches  prescribed  by  law,  and 
shall  not  fall  below  seventy  per  cent  in  any  one  branch  ;  pro- 
vided, that  whenever  an  applicant  has  upon  two  successive 
examinations  received  ninety  per  cent  or  njore  in  one  or  more 
branches,  said  applicant  may  at  the  next  examination  there- 
after be  excused  from  examination  upon  such  branches  and  be 
credited  with  the  standing  so  earned  ;  provided,  that  the  county 
superintendent  may  endorse  a  first  grade  certificate  in  force  in 
any  other  county  in  the  State  without  examination,  and  said  en- 
dorsement shall  render  said  certificate  valid  in  his  county  during 
the  validity  of  the  original  certificate  ;  provided,  that  the  county 
board  of  e'xaminers  shall  have  power  to  revoke  said  certificate  for 
the  same  cause  and  in  like  manner  as  those  granted  by  the  county 
board  of  examiners  in  his  county;  provided,  that  in  all  cases 
where  a  certificate  is  endorsed  it  shall  be  registered  in  the 
ofiice  of  the  county  superintendent  who  makes  the  endorsement 
in  a  book  provided  for  such  purpose.  The  date  of  such  regis- 
tration must  be  endorsed  by  the  superintendent  on  the  back  of 
the  certificate,  and  wdthout  such  endorsement  and  registration 
no  first  grade  certificate  shall  be  valid  in  any  county  except  the 
one  for  which  it  is  issued.  A  fee  of  $1.00  shall  be  paid  to  the 
superintendent  by  the  teacher  whose  certificate  is  registered 
and  endorsed  as  herein  provided,  which  said  sum  shall  be 
paid  within  ninety  days  to  the  county  treasurer,  taking  his 
receipt  therefor.  All  moneys  so  collected  shall  become  a  part 
of  the  county  institute  fund. 

(b)  A  certificate  of  the  second  grade  shall  be  granted  only 
to  those  who  have  attained  to  the  age  of  eighteen  years  and 
have  taught  at  least  three  school  months  wdth  ability  and  suc- 
cess, and  shall  be  valid  throughout  the  county  for  two  years. 


[0] 

To  obtain  the  same  an  applicant  shall  make  an  average  of  not 
less  than  eighty  per  cent  in  all  branches  prescribed  by  law, 
and  shnll  not  fall  below  sixty  per  cent  in  any  one  branch.  Such 
certificate  shall  not  be  renewed,  nor  shall  any  person  be  entitled 
to  receive  more  than  one  second  grade  in  any  one  county; 
provided,  that  more  than  one  second  grade  may  be  issued  to  the 
same  person  in  the  county  on  a  regular  public  examination  as 
herein  set  forth,  if  such  person  has  not  had  the  requisite  teach- 
ing experience  for  a  first  grade  certificate. 

(c)  A  certificate  of  the  third  grade  shall  be  issued  only  to 
those  who  have  attained  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  Such  cer- 
tificate shall  be  valid  for  one  year.  To  obtain  the  same,  an  ap- 
plicant shall  make  an  average  of  not  less  than  seventy-five  per 
cent  in  all  branches  prescribed  b}^  law,  and  shall  not  fall  below 
sixty  per  cent  in  any  one  branch.  Such  certificate  shall  not  be 
renewed,  nor  shall  any  person  be  entitled  to  receive  any  more 
than  one  third  grade  certificate  in  any  one  county ;  provided, 
that  more  than  one  third  grade  certificate  may  be  issued  to  the 
same  person  on  a  regular  examination  as  herein  set  forth,  if 
such  person  has  not  had  the  requisite  teaching  experience  re- 
quired for  a  second  grade  certificate. 

((/)  A  certificate  to  be  known  as  a  "Primary  Certificate"  shall 
be  issued  to  those  who  are  over  eighteen  years  of  age  and  have 
taught  at  least  twelve  school  months  with  approved  success,  and 
shall  be  valid  throughout  the  countv  for  three  vears.  To  obtain 
the  same,  an  applicant  shall  make  an  average  of  not  less  than 
eighty-five  per  cent  and  shall  not  fall  below  seventy  per  cent 
in  any  one  branch  of  the  subjects  :  Reading,  writing,  orthog- 
raphy, arithmetic,  physiology,  geography,  art  of  questioning, 
theory  of  teaching,  and  methods,  which  certificate  shall  author- 
ize the  bearer  to  teach  in  the  primary  grades  of  the  county  not 
beyond  the  third  grade;  prov ided,  i\\i\.i  n'ac.h.  teacher  shall  only 
be  authorized  to  teach  in  a  graded  school  as  assistant  teacher. 

(e)  A  temporary  permit  may  be  issued  by  the  county  super- 
intendent in  case  of  necessity,  valid  only  in  the  county  where 
issued,  until  the  next  regular  public  examination  held  by  the 
county  board  of  examiners  for  such  county  ;  provided^  that  such 
permit  may  be  granted  without  a  written  examination  to  the 
holder  of  the  certificate,  valid  in  any  county  in  the  State,  who 
is  entitled  to  the  same,  or  to  a  holder  of  a  certificate  valid  in 
any  other  State,  when  the  applicant  for  the  same  shall  present 
satisfactory  testimonials  of  his  good  character  and  success  as 
a  teacher  ;  but  no  permit  shall  be  issued  to  any  person  not 
coming  within  the  provisions  of  this  proviso,  except  on  a  writ- 


[7] 

ten  examination  equivalent  to  that  required  for  a  third  grade 
certificate.  A  teacher  sliall  not  be  entitled  to  receive  more  than 
two  temporary  permits  in  a  county,  nor  shall  an  appHcant  who 
failed  at  the  last  regular  public  examination  held  by  the  board 
of  examiners  for  any  county  be  entitled  to  receive  a  temporary 
permit  for  that  or  any  other  county  in  the  State  ;  provided,  that 
a  fee  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  (-$2.50)  for  each  temporary 
permit  shall  be  paid  by  the  applicant  to  the  county  scliool 
superintendent,  who  shall  pay  the  same  to  the  county  treasurer, 
taking  his  receipt  therefor  ;  and  all  such  fees  shall  be  credited 
to  the  county  institute  fund.  A  county  board  of  examiners 
may  accept  in  lieu  of  an  examination  on  any  branch  for  a  county 
certificate  or  permit,  any  grade,  certified  to  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction,  that  an  applicant  may  have  re- 
ceived from  the  State  Board  of  Examiners  during  the  eighteen 
months  immediately  preceding  the  date  of  accepting  such 
grades;  providing,  that  no  grade  shall  be  accepted  less  than 
that  prescribed  for  the  county  certificate  or  permit  for  which 
the  application  is  made. 

8.  All  examination  papers  shall  be  kept  on  file  in  the 
county  superintendent's  office  as  a  part  of  the  record  thereof 
for  one  year  from  the  date  of  such  examination ;  provided,  that 
in  case  of  accepted  grades  from  the  State  Board  of  Examiners 
the  manuscript  of  such  accepted  grades  shall  not  be  kept  on 
file  in  the  county  superintendent's  office. 

9.  On  the  first  day  of  any  examinations  herein  provided 
for,  each  applicant  for  a  county  teacher's  certificate  sliall  pay 
to  the  county  school  superintendent  a  fee  of  $2.00,  which  shall 
be  paid  by  him,  within  fifteen  days,  to  the  county  treasurer, 
taking  his  receipt  therefor.  All  money  so  received  by  the 
county  treasurer  shall  become  a  part  of  the  county  institute 
fund  ;  'provided,  that  in  no  case  in  which  an  applicant  shall  fail 
to  receive  a  certificate  shall  a  fee  be  refunded. 

10.  He  shall  submit  the  questions  prepared  by  the  State 
Board  of  Examiners  to  applicants  for  State  papers,  according 
to  such  rules  and  regulations,  and  at  such  time  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  shall  conduct 
the  examination,  and  shall  immediately  at  the  close  of  the  ex- 
amination transmit  all  such  examination  papers,  unmarked, 
to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  who  shall 
submit  them  to  the  State  Board  of  Examiners  for  grading. 

11.  He  shall  visit  the  schools  in  his  county  at  least  twice 
every  year,  and  seek  to  instruct,  aid  and  inspire  teachers  to 
employ  the  best  methods  in  teaching,  governing  and  conduct- 


[8] 

ing  their  schools  ;  and  he  shall,  if  necessary,  secure  the  proper 
classification  of  pupils,  enforcement  of  course  of  study,  and 
the  care  and  protection  of  school  property. 

12.  He  shall  carefully  study  methods  of  school  management 
and  instruction,  and  shall  exercise  a  careful  supervision  over 
the  schools  of  the  county.  He  shall  study  to  awaken  among 
parents  and  children  a  deeper  interest  in  the  public  schools, 
so  as  to  secure  improved  attendance,  deportment  and  scholar- 
ship of  pupils,  and  more  frequent  visits  of  parents  and  school 
directors.  He  shall  carefully  observe  the  condition  of  the 
schoolhouses  and  surroundings,  note  all  defects,  and  notify  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  same. 

13.  He  shall  require  and  receive  reports  monthly  from  the 
principal  or  teacher  in  charge  of  each  school,  showing  the 
registration,  attendance,  tardiness,  and  such  other  information 
as  will  aid  in  elficient  school  supervision.  He  shall  receive  the 
reports  of  all  districts  in  his  county,  and  shall,  by  the  fourth 
Monday  in  July  of  each  year,  make  out  from  the  records  in  his 
office,  a  general  report,  adding  such  suggestions  thereto  as  he 
may  deem  of  importance  to  the  cause  of  education,  and  trans- 
mit the  same  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  re- 
taining a  copy  thereof  in  his  office. 

14.  He  shall  organize  and  assist  in  conducting  teachers' 
reading  circles  for  the  study  of  school  management  and  the  art 
of  teaching. 

15.  He  shall  keep  in  a  suitable  book  or  on  suitably  indexed 
cards  an  official  record  of  all  persons  under  contract  to  teach 
in  his  count}',  showing  the  number  of  school  district  and  the 
date  of  the  contract,  the  names  of  the  contracting  parties,  the 
salary  paid,  the  date  of  commencing  school  thereof,  and  the 
length  of  the  term  in  weeks. 

16.  He  shall  keep  in  a  suitable  book  or  on  indexed  cards 
the  name  of  each  teacher  holding  a  certificate  or  diploma 
issued,  registered  or  endorsed  by  the  county  superintendent  of 
the  county.  The  record  shall  show  the  kind  of  certificate  or 
diploma,  date  issued,  date  of  expiration,  and,  if  issued  outside 
of  the  county,  the  date  of  registration  or  endorsement,  as  the 
case  may  be. 

17.  He  shall  make  special  report  of  important  matters  re- 
lating to  public  schools  in  his  county  when  necessary  and  when 
required  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

18.  He  shall  enforce  the  course  of  study  for  county  schools 
prescribed  by  law. 


[9] 

19.  He  shall  hear,  examine  and  decide  appeals  from  dis- 
trict officers  and  teachers,  without  cost  to  the  ai)pellant,  and 
subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. 

20.  He  shall  advise  and  consult  with  boards  of  directors 
relative  to  the  construction,  warming,  ventilation  and  arrange- 
ment of  schoolhouses  ;  the  seating  of  pupils,  the  selection  of 
suitable  library  books  and  apparatus,  the  improving  and  adorn- 
ing of  school  grounds,  methods  of  instruction  and  discipline 
in  the  schools  and  the  conditions  of  schoolhouses,  sites  and 
outbuildings  and  appendages  of  the  district  generally. 

21.  He  shall  have  power  to  appoint  a  deputy  whenever  the 
same  may  become  expedient  and  necessary,  but  no  salary  shall 
be  paid  such  deputy  out  of  the  public  school  fund  or  the  gen- 
eral fund  of  the  county. 

22.  He  shall  use  a  uniform  series  of  blank  reports,  regis- 
ters, receipts,  etc. 

23.  He  shall  receive  as  compensatiou  for  his  services  an 
annual  salary  of  $2,000,  which  salary  shall  be  paid  in  such  a 
manner  as  other  county  officers  are  paid. 

24.  He  shall  organize  and  hold  at  least  three  local  insti- 
tutes or  educational  meetings  in  various  parts  of  the  county 
each  year  at  such  times  and  places  as  he  may  deem  most  ex- 
pedient, and  he  shall  secure  at  these  meetings,  as  far  as  practi- 
cable, the  attendance  and  cooperation  of  school  officers,  teach- 
ers and  parents. 

25.  The  county  superintendent  shall  hold  annually  a  teach- 
ers' county  institute,  for  a  term  of  not  less  than  three  days,  for 
the  instruction  of  teachers  and  those  desiring  to  teach  ;  and 
all  teachers  in  the  public  schools  of  his  county  shall  be  re- 
quired to  attend  ;  and  the  county  school  superintendent  may 
at  his  discretion  revoke  the  certificate,  reduce  the  grade  or  re- 
fuse to  grant  a  certificate  to  anv  teacher  who  refuses  to  attend 
the  county  institute  without  cause.  The  county  superintend- 
ent shall  receive  the  assistance  and  cooperation  of  the  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  in  holding  annual  institutes. 
Every  teacher  attending  any  annual  county  institute  held  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  given  by 
the  county  superintendent  a  certificate  setting  forth  at  what 
sessions  of  said  institute  such  teachers  shall  have  been  in  at- 
tendance, and  any  teachers  who  shall  have  closed  his  or  her 
school  for  more  than  three  days  in  order  to  attend  said  insti- 
tute shall  not  forfeit  his  or  her  wages  as  teacher  during  such 
time,  as  he  or  she  shall  have  been  in  attendance  at  said  insti- 


[10] 

tute,  and  the  certificate  hereinbefore  provided  for  shall  be  in 
evidence  of  such  attendance;  provided,  that  if  the  institute  is 
held  during  the  session  of  school,  such  directors  shall  be  re- 
quired to  grant  three  days  time  of  actual  service  to  their 
teachers  to  attend  the  said  institute,  during  which  time  their 
pay  as  teachers  shall  continue.  For  the  purpose  of  defraying 
the  expenses  of  the  institute  the  county  superintendent  shall 
draw  an  order  on  the  county  treasurer  for  such  sum  as  may  be 
necessary  to  defray  the  expenses  of  said  institute,  which  sum 
the  county  treasurer  shall  pay  ;  provided,  that  such  sum  shall 
not  exceed  the  amount  of  institute  fund  in  the  county  treas- 
ury. The  county  clerk  shall  audit  the  annual  county  insti- 
tute account  of  the  county  superintendent,  which  account 
shall  be  filed  in  the  county  clerk's  office. 

Every  member  of  a  board  of  directors  or  district  clerk  who 
shall  willfully  sign  a  false  report  to  a  county  school  superin- 
tendent with  the  intent  of  causing  such  superintendent  to  ap- 
portion a  larger  sum  than  its  just  proportion  of  school  moneys 
to  his  school  district,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  such  district  shall  also  forfeit  for  each  offense  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  of  its  proportion  of  the  county  school 
fund.  Such  penalties  and  any  fines  which  shall  be  imposed 
for  such  misdemeanor,  are  for  the  benefit  of  the  common 
school  fund  of  the  county.  The  county  superintendent  shall 
examine  into  the  correctness  of  the  reports  of  the  district 
clerks,  and  when  a  report  is  incorrect  the  county  superintend- 
ent may  correct  or  cause  the  clerk  to  correct  said  report,  and 
in  case  the  board  of  directors  and  district  clerk  are  not  satis- 
fied with  the  county  superintendent's  ruling  relative  to  the 
correctness  of  the  report,  they  may  appeal  to  the  county  court, 
which  is  hereby  authorized  to  decide  as  to  the  correctness  of 
the  report;  and  the  decision  of  said  court  shall  be  final. 

Section  2.  The  county  court  shall  provide  the  county  super- 
intendent with  a  plat  of  the  several  school  districts  of  his 
county.  The  county  court  shall  also  provide  the  county  school 
superintendent  with  all  necessary  blanks,  blank  books,  sta- 
tioner}^  postage,  expressage,  supplies  and  requirements,  not 
otherwise  provided  for,  which  shall  be  paid  for  from  the  gen- 
eral fund  of  the  county. 

Section  3.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  the  county 
superintendent,  the  county  court  of  the  county  shall  appoint 
some  legally  qualified  person  to  fill  the  unexpired  term. 

Section  4.  The  provisions  of  this  act  shall  apply  only  to 
those  counties  having  over  twenty  thousand  children  between 


[11] 

the  ages  of  four  and  twenty  years  as  shown  by  the  last  annual 
school  census. 

Section  5.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  the  fore- 
going are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  6.  Inasmuch  as  the  welfare  of  the  schools  will  be 
materially  benefitted  by  the  immediate  enforcement  of  the 
provisions  herein  contained,  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  its  approval  by  the  Governor. 


Note.— This  act  was  passed  by  the  Twenty-second  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State 
of  Oregon,  and  was  received  by  the  executive  department  ot  the  State  February  20,  190o, 
and  was  vetoed  by  the  Governor  on  February  24,  1003,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  on  the  same  date. 

It  was  referred  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  together  with  the  veto  message  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, to  the  Twenty-third  Legislative  Assembly,  and  was  passed  by  both  the  House  and 
Senate,  notwithstanding  the  veto,  January  17, 1905,  and  was  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  State  January  18,  1905.— Secretary  of  State. 


AN  ACT  [S.   B.  57.] 

To  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  an  act  to  amend 
Section  3098  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of 
Oregon,"  approved  December  24,  190;;,  and  to  declare  an  emergency. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon  : 

Section  1.  That  Section  3098  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's 
Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon,  as  amended  by  an  act 
entitled  "An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  an  act  to  amend  Sec- 
tion 3098  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  Annotated  Codes  and  Stat- 
utes of  Oregon,"  approved  December  24,  1903,  be  and  the  same 
hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3098.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  school  district  and 
each  incorporated  town  and  city,  and  of  each  public  corpora- 
tion authorized  to  levy  a  tax,  to  notify,  in  writing,  the  county 
clerk  in  the  county  within  which  the  school  district,  town,  city 
or  public  corporation  is  situated  of  the  rate  per  cent  of  the  tax 
levy  made  by  it  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January  in  each 
year,  which  notice  shall  be  kept  on  file  by  the  several  clerks, 
and  remain  a  part  of  the  records  of  the  office ;  provided,  that 
if  for  any  reason  any  school  district,  town,  city  or  public  cor- 
poration can  not  so  notify,  in  writing,  the  county  clerk  in  the 
county  within  which  the  school  district,  town,  city  or  public 
corporation  is  situated  at  the  time  herein  fixed,  then  such 
notice  may  be  given  in  writing  in  Grant,  Douglas,  Gilliam,  and 


[12] 

Clatsop  counties  only  not  later  than  February  10,  1905,  but  on 
and  after  said  date  the  said  notice  shall  be  given,  in  writing,  to 
said  county  clerk  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  Januar}'  of  each 
year. 

Section  2.  Inasmuch  as  there  is  urgent  need  for  the  cor- 
rection of  the  present  law,  and  a  large  number  of  school  dis- 
tricts and  incorporated  towns  and  cities  of  the  State  will  be 
deprived  of  the  necessary  revenue  for  school  and  other  pur- 
poses under  the  present  law,  and  the  public  credit,  peace, 
health,  and  safety  require  that  it  should  be  effective  at  once,  an 
emergency  is  hereby  declared,  and  this  act  shall  be  excepted 
from  the  power  of  the  referendum  and  shall  take  effect  and  be 
in  force  from  and  after  its  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  January  27,  1905. 


AN   ACT  [S.  B.  33.] 

To  increase  and  fix  the  salary  of  the  school  superintendent  of  Baker  County, 

Oregon. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon: 

Section  1.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  the 
school  superintendent  of  Baker  County,  Oregon,  shall  be  allowed 
and  paid  an  annual  salary  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  year, 
which  salary  shall  be  paid  by  Baker  County,  Oregon. 

Section  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith  be 
and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  9,  1905. 


AN   ACT  [S.  B.  66.] 

Requiring  teachers  in  the  public  schools  of  this  State  to  give  thirty  days 
notice  upon  resigning  their  positions. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon : 

That  all  teachers  in  the  public  schools  of  this  State  who  shall 
willingly  violate  the  terms  of  his  or  her  contract  for  teaching 
by  resigning  his  or  her  position  as  teacher  without  a  written 
notice  given  to  the  school  board  at  least  thirty  days  before  the 
time  when  the  resignation  shall  take  effect,  shall  have  his  or 


[13] 

her  certificate  revoked  by  the  authorities  issuing  same  upon 
due  notice  from  the  school  board,  and  shall  be  disqualified 
from  teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  this  State  for  the  re- 
mainder of  the  school  year  ;  provided,  that  sickness  or  other 
unavoidable  circumstances  which  prevent  the  teacher  from 
teaching  one  month  shall  be  sufiicieut  reason  for  the  termina- 
tion  of  the  contract  without  the  notice  herein  required  on  the 
part  of  the  teacher  ;  and  provided  further,  that  a  school  board 
may  release  a  teacher  from  a  contract  by  mutual  agreement. 

Approved  February  9,  1905. 

Filed  in  the  oflSceof  the  Secretary  of  State,  February  9,  1905. 


AN  ACT  [H.  B.  84.] 

Fixing-  the  traveling  expenses  of  the  School  Superintendent  of  Lane  County, 
and  to  provide  for  the  manner  of  paying  stenographic  or  clerical  services 
of  the  same  officer,  and  to  repeal  all  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon  : 

Section  1.  The  county  school  superintendent  of  Lane 
County  shall  make  out  a  quarterly  statement  of  the' necessary 
traveling  expenses  incurred  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties, 
which  claims  shall  be  audited  and  paid  as  other  claims  against 
the  county  ;  provided,  that  such  sum  shall  not  exceed  two 
hundred  ($200)  dollars  per  annum;  provided  further,  that 
every  such  claim  shall  be  verified  by  the  county  school  super- 
intendent. 

Section  2.  The  county  school  superintendent  of  Lane 
county  may,  at  his  discretion,  employ  a  stenographer  or  clerk 
at  a  salary  not  to  exceed  fifty  ($50)  dollars  per  month  ;  any 
claim  for  the  services  of  such  stenographer  or  clerk  shall  be 
certified  to  by  the  county  school  superintendent,  and  paid  by 
the  county  court  out  of  the  general  fund  of  the  county  ;  pro- 
vided, no  clerk  or  stenographer  shall  be  employed  more  than 
three  months  during  any  one  year. 

Section  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed  in  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  the  same. 

Filed  in  the  ofiice  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  18, 1905. 


[14  J 


AN  ACT  [S.  B.  256.] 

To  require  clei'ks  of  school  districts  to  report  to  the  County  Superintendent 
the  number  of  resident  children  between  four  and  twenty  years  of  age  as 
shown  by  the  last  annual  census,  and  to  require  subsequent  apportion- 
ments of  school  funds  to  be  based  on  the  number  of  such  children  shown 
by  such  annual  census. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon  : 

Section  1.  Where  the  annual  census  of  any  school  district 
shows  an  increase  of  one  hundred  per  cent  or  more  in  the 
number  of  children  resident  in  such  district  between  the  ages 
of  four  and  twenty  years  over  the  number  of  such  children  as 
shown  by  the  last  annual  report  of  the  clerk  of  such  district, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  clerk  to  immediately  report  such 
increase  to  the  county  superintendent ;  and  thereafter  in  any 
apportionment  of  school  funds  in  proportion  to  the  number  of 
such  resident  children  in  the  several  school  districts,  the  num- 
ber of  such  resident  school  children  in  the  several  districts  as 
shown  by  such  annual  census  shall  be  used  as  the  basis  of  such 
apportionment  instead  of  the  number  thereof  shown  by  the  last 
annual  report. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  18, 1905. 


AN  ACT  [S.  B.  30.] 

Authorizing  the  District  Boundary  Board  of  the  several  counties  of   this 
State  to  condemn  lands  for  public  school  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon  : 

Section  1.  Whenever  it  may  be  necessary  for  any  school 
district  in  this  State  to  acquire  any  real  property  for  school- 
house  site  or  other  necessary  purposes,  and  the  owner  of  said 
real  property  and  the  board  of  directors  of  said  school  district 
can  not  agree  upon  the  price  to  be  paid  therefor,  and  the  dam- 
age for  the  taking  thereof,  if  any,  the  district  boundary  board 
of  the  county  in  which  such  real  property  desired  for  school 
purposes  lies,  may  and  is  hereby  authorized,  upon  written  re- 
cjuest  from  the  board  of  directors  of  such  school  district,  to 
commence  and  prosecute  in  the  circuit  court  for  said  county 
the  same  as  other  actions  or  suits  are  brought,  in  the  name  of 
such  school  district,  any  necessary  or  appropriate  suit,  action, 
or  proceeding  for   the  condemnation  of   said   real  property  so 


[15] 

required  for  said  purposes,  and  for  the  assessment  of  t?ie  value 
and  the  damage  for  the  taking  thereof;  and  the  district  attor- 
ney of  the  judicial  district  in  which  such  property  to  he  con- 
demned lies,  shall  act  as  attorney  for  said  district  boundary 
board  in  all  proceedings  in  the  circuit  court,  as  in  other 
causes  in  which  the  State  or  county  is  a  party  or  interested. 
The  procedure  in  said  suit,  action,  or  proceeding  shall  be,  as 
far  as  applicable,  the  procedure  provided  for  in  and  by  the 
laws  of  this  State  for  the  condemnation  of  land  or  rights  of 
way  by  public  corporations  or  quasi-])uh\ic  corporations  for 
public  use  or  for  corporate  purposes. 

Section  2.  The  expenses  of  such  condemnation  proceed- 
ings, and  the  value  of  such  real  property  and  the  damage  [for] 
the  taking  thereof,  shall  be  paid  by  the  school  district  for 
which  the  real  property  is  condemned  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  expenses  for  like  purposes  are  paid. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  10, 1905. 


AN  ACT  [H.  B.  180.] 

To  amend  Sections  3462.  .3463,  3464,  3465,  3466,  3467,  3468,  and  3469  of  Bellin- 
ger  and  Cotton's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon,  relating  to 
District  School  Libraries,  and  restricting  the  application  thereof  to  coun- 
ties having  a  population  of  less  than  100,000  inhabitants. 

Be  it  enuded  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon : 

Section  1.  That  Section  3462  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  An- 
notated Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3462.  Library  Fund.  The  county  court  of  the  several 
counties  of  this  State  which  have  a  population  of  less  than 
100,000  inhabitants  are  hereby  required  to  levy,  at  the  same 
time  they  levy  other  taxes,  a  tax  upon  all  taxable  property  in 
their  counties  for  school  library  purposes,  which  shall  aggre- 
gate an  amount  which  shall  be  not  less  than  ten  cents  per  cap- 
ita for  each  and  all  the  children  within  the  county  between 
the  ages  of  four  and  twenty  years,  as  shown  by  the  then  preced- 
ing school  census,  which  shall  be  collected  at  the  same  time,  and 
by  the  same  officers,  as  other  taxes  are  collected,  and  such  ag- 
gregate sum,  when  so  levied  and  collected,  shall  be  known  as 
the  general  school  library  fund  of  the  county,  and  such  fund 
shall  be  set  aside  and  used  for  no  other  than  school  library 
purposes,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided  for. 


[16] 

Section  2.  That  Section  3463  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  An- 
notated Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  3463.  County  Treasurer  to  Certify  to  School  Superin- 
tendent. It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  county  treasurer  to 
certify  to  the  county  school  superintendent,  on  the  first  Mon- 
day of  July  of  each  year,  the  total  amount  in  the  general  school 
library  fund  in  his  hands  subject  to  apportionment  by  the 
county  school  superintendent. 

Section  3.  That  Section  3464  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  An- 
notated Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon  be  and  the  same  is  here- 
by amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  3464.  County  Superintendent  to  Make  Apportionment. — 
The  county  superintendent  shall,  upon  the  first  Monday  of 
July  of  each  year,  make  an  apportionment  of  the  entire  gen- 
eral school  library  fund,  provided  for  in  this  act,  then  in  the 
county  treasury,  in  the  following  manner  :  Of  the  general 
school  library  fund  collected  in  pursuance  of  the  general  school 
library  levy  of  the  county  court  he  shall  apportion  to  each 
district  in  his  county  that  has  reported  to  him  according  to 
law,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  persons  in  each  district 
over  four  and  under  twenty  years  of  age,  as  shown  by  the  last 
school  census.  When  such  apportionment  has  been  made  he 
shall  immediately  notify  the  districts  of  their  respective  shares 
and  shall  also  notify  the  Oregon  Library  Commission  of  the 
amount  of  money  apportioned  to  each  district,  and  the  number 
of  school  children  in  each  district. 

Section  4.  That  Section  3465  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  An- 
notated Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon  be  and  the  same  is  here- 
by amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 

Sec.  3465.  Purchase  of  Books. — Between  the  first  Monday  of 
July  and  the  first  Monday  of  August  in  each  year,  the  directors 
of  each  district  and  the  county  superintendent  shall  select 
from  the  lists  prepared  and  furnished  by  the  Oregon  Library 
Commission  and  according  to  tlie  rules  of  such  commission  as 
in  section  3466  })rovided,  such  books  as  are  desired  for  their 
district,  the  aggregate  mailing  price  of  which  shall  not  exceed 
the  amount  apportioned  to  such  district  from  the  general 
school  library  fund  for  the  current  year,  and  immediately  upon 
making  such  selection  the  county  superintendent  shall  mail  a 
copy  of  the  list  so  selected  to  the  Oregon  Library  Commission  ; 
provided.,  that  if  the  commission  is  not  notified  of  such  selec- 
tion by  the  tenth  day  of  August  of  each  year,  the  commission 
shall   make  the   selection   for   such   district.     As  soon  as  the 


[17] 

commission  has  obtained  lists  of  books  for  all  school  districts 
selected  in  the  manner  above  provided,  it  shall  order  such 
books  from  the  dealer  or  dealers  who  have  agreed  to  furnish 
them  at  the  lowest  price.  At  the  time  of  ordering  the  books 
the  commission  shall  notify  the  county  superintendent  of  each 
county  of  the  amount  of  money  such  books  as  have  been 
ordered  for  the  districts  in  his  county  will  cost,  including  ex- 
pense of  transportation  to  each  district,  and  upon  receipt  of 
such  notice  each  county  superintendent  shall  draw  a  warrant 
in  favor  of  the  Oregon  Library  Commission  for  such  amount 
and  transmit  the  same  to  the  commission,  who  shall  thereupon 
settle  with  the  dealer  or  dealers  for  the  books  purchased. 
Upon  the  delivery  of  the  books  so  ordered,  the  commission 
shall  cause  them  to  be  distributed  to  the  respective  school 
districts  according  to  the  lists  furnished  by  such  districts. 

Section  5.  That  Section  3466  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  An- 
notated Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon  be  and  the  same  is  here- 
by amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  3466.  Lists  of  Suitable  Books — Preparation  of. — It  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Oregon  Library  Commission  to 
prepare  annually  lists  of  books  suitable  for  use  in  school  libra- 
ries and  to  make  rules  regulating  selections  from  such  lists. 
Such  lists  shall  state  the  retail  and  mailing  price  of  each  book, 
and  said  price  shall  be  the  lowest  obtainable  by  the  commission 
by  receiving  bids  from  more  than  one  responsible  dealer.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commission  to  furnish  the  county 
superintendent  copies  of  such  lists  and  rules,  from  time  to 
time  as  issued,  for  distribution  to  school  otficers. 

Section  6.  That  Section  3467  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  An- 
notated Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon  be  and  the  same  is  here- 
by amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3467.  Record  of  Books  to  Be  Kept. — It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  each  county  superintendent  to  keep  a  complete  record  of  the 
books  purchased  and  distributed  by  him,  together  with  the 
purchase  price  of  said  books. 

Section  7.  That  Section  3468  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  An- 
notated Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon  be  and  the  same  is  here- 
by amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  3468.  Librarian. — The  county  superintendent  shall  ap- 
point a  librarian  who  shall  receive  and  have  the  care  and  cus- 
tody of  the  books,  and  shall  loan  them  to  the  teachers,  pupils, 
and  other  residents  of  the  district,  in  accordance  with  the 
rules  and  regulations  prescribed  by  the  Oregon  Library  Com- 
2 


[18  J 

mission  for  the  control  and  management  of  school  libraries. 
Each  librarian  shall  keep  a  complete  record  of  the  books  fur- 
nished by  the  board  of  directors.  During  the  periods  that  the 
school  is  in  session,  the  library  shall  be  placed  in  the  school 
house,  and  the  teachers  shall  be  responsible  to  the  district  for 
its  proper  care  and  protection.  The  district  board  shall  have 
supervision  of  all  books,  and  shall  make  an  equitable  distri- 
bution thereof  among  the  schools  of  the  district. 

Section  8.  That  Section  3469  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  An- 
notated Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon  be  and  the  same  is  here- 
b}'^  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 

Sec.  3469.  Rules  and  Regulations. — It  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  Oregon  Library  Commission  to  formulate  and  pre- 
scribe rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  the  provi- 
sions of  this  act  for  the  control  and  management  of  all  school 
libraries  that  may  be  f)urchased  in  accordance  with  this  act. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  21,  1905. 


AN  ACT  [s.  B.  133.] 

Autliorizing  County  Superintendents  to  dispense  with  their  Annual  County 
Institutes  for  the  year  1!)05,  and  to  use  the  whole  or  part  of  their  Insti- 
tute Funds  for  defraying- the  expenses  of  an  Educational  Congress,  to  be 
held  in  Portland  during-  the  Lewis  and  Clark  Exposition. 

Be  it  enacted  bij  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon  : 

Section  1.  Any  county  superintendent  of  this  State  may, 
at  his  discretion,  dispense  with  his  annual  institute  for  1905 
and  use  the  whole  or  a  part  of  his  county  institute  fund  for  said 
year  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  an  educational  congress  at 
Portland  daring  the  Lewis  and  Clark  Exposition;  or,  if  a 
superintendent  does  not  think  best  to  dispense  with  his  annual 
institute  for  1905,  he  may,  at  his  discretion,  use  a  part  of  his 
county  institute  fund  for  1905  for  defraying  the  expenses  of 
said  congress. 

Section  2.  In  case  any  county  superintendent  shall  dispense 
with  his  annual  institute  for  1905,  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  then  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  relating  to 
the  apportionment  of  money  to  school  districts  in  consequence 
of  institute  attendance,  and  all  laws  pertaining  to  teachers'  at- 
tendance at  county  institutes,  are  hereby  suspended  in  such 
county  for  the  year  1905,  but  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect 
after  January  1,  1906. 


[19] 

Section  3.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this 
act  are  hereby  suspended,  during  the  year  1905,  in  all  coun- 
ties in  which  institutes  are  dispensed  with  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Approved  February  21,  1905. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  21,  1905. 


AN   ACT  [S.  B.  125.] 

Compelling-  the  attendance  of  children  at  schools  where  tuition,  lodg-inf>-, 
food,  and  clothing  are  furnished  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon: 

Section  1.  That  whenever  the  government  of  the  United 
States  erect,  or  cause  to  be  erected  and  maintained,  a  school 
for  general  educational  purposes  within  the  State  of  Oregon, 
and  the  expense  of  the  tuition,  lodging,  food,  and  clothing  of 
the  pupils  therein  is  borne  by  the  United  States,  it  shall  be 
compulsory  on  the  part  of  every  parent,  guardian,  or  other 
person  in  the  State  of  Oregon,  liaving  control  of  a  child  or 
children  between  the  ages  of  six  and  eighteen  years,  eligible 
to  attend  said  school,  to  send  such  child  or  children  to  said 
school  for  a  period  of  nine  months  in  each  year,  or  during  the 
annual  term,  unless  such  child  or  children  is  or  are  excused 
fromr  such  attendance  by  the  county  court  of  said  county  in 
which  said  child  or  children  reside,  upon  it  being  shown  to  the 
satisfaction  of  said  county  court  that  the  bodily  or  mental  con- 
dition of  such  child  or  children  has  been  and  is  such  as  to 
prevent  his,  her,  or  their  attendance  at  school  or  application 
at  study  for  the  period  required,  or  that  such  child  or  children 
is  or  are  taught  in  the  public  schools,  private  schools,  or  other 
school,  or  at  home,  in  such  branches  as  are  usually  taught  in 
the  public  schools  ;  provided,  that  in  case  the  government  of 
the  United  States  does  not  make  provision  for  the  free  trans- 
portation of  said  child  or  children  to  and  from  their  homes  to 
said  school,  then  he,  she,  or  they  shall  not  be  liable  to  the  pro- 
vision of  this  act,  unless  the}'  reside  less  than  ten  miles  from 
such  school. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  principals  or  super- 
intendents of  the  school  or  schools  mentioned  in  this  act,  before 
attempting  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  act  hereinafter 
mentioned,  to  serve,  or  cause  to  be  served,  a  demand  for  the 


[20] 

attendance  of  certain  children,  naming  them,  and  also  desig- 
nating the  school  to  which  their  attendance  is  required,  upon 
the  parent,  guardian,  or  other  person  having  charge  of  said 
child  or  children  as  may  be  eligible  to  attend  said  school  over 
which  he  has  charge,  and  a  copy  of  this  act ;  and  such 
parent,  guardian,  or  other  person  having  charge  of  said  child 
or  children  shall  have  ten  days  to  either  deliver  said  child  or 
children  at  said  school  or  to  the  principal  or  superintendent 
thereof,  or  furnish  satisfactory  proof  that  the  bodily  or  mental 
condition  of  said  child  or  children  will  not  admit  of  attendance. 

Section  3.  If  at  the  expiration  of  ten  days  after  such  notice 
or  demand  the  parents,  guardian,  or  other  person  having 
charge  of  said  child  or  children  shall  have  failed  or  refused  to 
comply  with  this  act,  the  principal  or  superintendent  shall 
cause  a  demand  to  be  made  upon  such  parent,  guardian,  or 
other  person  for  the  amount  of  the  penalty  hereinafter  pro- 
vided ;  and  if  such  parent,  guardian,  or  person  shall  neglect 
or  refuse  to  pay  the  same  within  five  days  after  making  said 
demand,  the  superintendent  or  principal  shall  commence  pro- 
ceedings in  the  name  of  the  State  for  the  recovery  of  the  tine 
hereinafter  provided  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction. 

Section  4.  Any  parent,  guardian,  or  other  person  having 
control  or  charge  of  any  child  or  children,  failing  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  ($10),  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars 
($25),  for  the  first  offense,  nor  less  than  twenty-five  dollars 
($25),  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50)  for  the  second  and 
each  subsequent  offense,  besides  the  cost  of  collection :  It  is 
provided  further,  that  proceedings  may  be  begun  at  the  expira- 
tion of  three  days  de  novo  after  each  refusal  of  parent  or  guar- 
dian to  comply  with  demand  of  said  principal  or  superin- 
tendent. 

Section  5.  All  fines  collected  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act  shall  be  paid  into  the  county  treasury,  the  same  to  be 
placed  to  the  credit  of  the  general  school  fund. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  sheriffs,  constables, 
policemen,  town  and  city  marshals  in  the  State  to  take  cogniz- 
ance of  this  act  and  assist  principals  or  superintendents  of 
schools  in  carrying  out  its  provisions. 

Section  7.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  directly  or  in- 
directly persuade,  advise,  or  intimidate  in  any  manner  the 
parent  or  guardian  of  any  child  or  children  from  complying 
with  the  demand  of  a  principal  or  superintendent  of  a  school 
who  is  endeavoring  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of    this  act 


[21] 

shall  be  guilty  of  the  same  offense  and  shall  be  subject  to  the 
same  fines  and  punishmeni  as  the  parent  or  guardian  ;  provided, 
that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  the  attorney  or  legal  ad- 
viser of  any  parent  or  guardian  in  giving  advice  in  his  legal 
capacity. 

Section  S.  The  court  of  any  justice  of  the  peace  within  the 
county  where  the  child  or  children  live  may  constitute  a  court 
of  jurisdiction. 

Section  9.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  22, 1905. 


AN   ACT  Th.  b.  60.] 

Authorizing  the  County  School  Superintendent  to  hold  local  institutes  and 
educational  gatherings,  and  to  use  a  part  of  the  institute  funds  for  de- 
fraying the  expenses  of  the  same ;  and  for  amending  Section  3390  of 
Bellinger  and  Cotton's  Annotated  Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon  provid- 
ing for  filling  vacancies  in  the  ofiice  of  school  director  or  district  clerk; 
and  for  amending  section  1  of  an  act  to  provide  for  the  centralization  of 
schools  by  the  consolidation  of  school  distincts  approved  February  17, 
1903,  changing  the  number  of  petitioners  required  in  certain  districts: 
and  for  providing  for  the  issuance  of  special  certificates  by  the  State 
Board  of  Education  to  teachers  of  special  subjects  ;  and  for  authorizing 
school  boai^ds  to  transfer  to  another  district  pupils  and  money  under 
certain  conditions. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon : 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  county  school  su- 
perintendent to  organize  and  hold  annually  at  least  three  local 
institutes  or  educational  meetings  in  various  parts  of  his 
county  at  such  times  and  places  as  he  may  deem  expedient, 
and  he  shall  secure  at  these  meetings,  as  far  as  practical,  the 
attendance  and  cooperation  of  school  officers,  teachers,  and 
parents  ;  provided,  that  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  such 
meetings  the  county  school  superintendent  may,  at  his  discre- 
tion, use  a  part  of  the  institute  fund  for  defraying  the  expenses 
of  said  institutes  and  meetings. 

Section  2.  Section  3390,  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  Annotated 
Codes  and  Statutes  of  Oregon,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as 
follows  : 

[Sec.  3390.]  The  county  school  superintendent  shall  de- 
clare the  office  of  a  clerk  or  director  vacant  upon  the  happen- 
ing of  any  of  the  following  causes  : 

1.  The  death  or  resignation  of  the  incumbent. 


[22] 

2.  When  an  incumbent  shall  be  removed  from  office  or  his 
election  thereto  shall  have  been  declared  void  by  the  judgment 
or  decree  of  any  competent  court. 

3.  When  an  incumbent  shall  cease  to  be  a  resident  of  the 
district. 

4.  When  an  incumbent  shall  cease  to  discharge  the  duties 
of  his  office  for  two  consecutive  months,  unless  he  shall  have 
been  prevented  from  discharging  such  duties  b}^  sickness  or 
other  unavoidable  cause. 

When  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the  office  of  director  in  a 
district  of  the  first  class,  the  clerk  of  said  district  shall  forth- 
with call  a  meeting  of  the  remaining  member  or  members^ 
who  shall  at  once  fill  the  vacancy  from  any  of  the  qualified 
voters  of  the  district. 

When  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the  office  of  director  or  clerk 
in  a  district  of  the  second  or  third  class  a  special  school  meet- 
ing to  fill  said  vacancy  shall  be  called  in  accordance  with  Sec- 
tion 3380  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  Annotated  Codes  and  Stat- 
utes of  Oregon  ;  provided,  that  should  the  office  of  each  director 
of  any  district  be  vacant  at  the  same  time,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  county  school  superintendent  to  call  a  school  meeting 
in  such  district  to  fill  such  vacancy,  in  accordance  with  Sec- 
tion 3380  of  Bellinger  and  Cotton's  Annotated  Codes  and  Stat- 
utes of  Oregon  ;  provided  further,  that  should  the  vacancies 
occur  in  a  joint  district,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  su- 
perintendent of  the  county  coutpdning  the  greater  number  of 
persons,  in  such  district  between  the  ages  of  four  and  twenty 
years  as  shown  by  the  clerk's  last  annual  report,  to  declare 
the  offices  vacant  or  to  call  the  meeting  as  provided  for  in  this 
section. 

Section  3.  Section  1  of  an  act  to  provide  for  the  centraliza- 
tion of  schools  by  the  consolidation  of  school  districts  approved 
February  17,  1903,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows  : 

[Sec.  1.]  Whenever  two  or  more  contiguous  school  dis- 
tricts in  this  State  shall  desire  to  consolidate  for  the  purpose 
of  forming  one  district,  a  petition  from  each  such  district  shall 
be  presented  to  the  district  boundary  board  of  the  county  in 
which  the  largest  district  shall  be  situated,  setting  forth  spe- 
cifically the  districts  it  is  proposed  to  consolidate.  Such  peti- 
tion, if  from  a  district  of  the  first  class,  must  contain  the  sig- 
natures of  at  least  one  hundred  legal  school  voters  ;  if  from  a 
district  of  the  second  class,  at  least  fifty  legal  school  voters, 
and  if  from  a  district  of  the  third  class,  must  contain  at  least 
five  legal  voters,  and  shall  request  the  district  boundary  board 


[23] 

to  submit,  at  the  next  annual  meeting  thereafter,  to  the  legal 
voters  of  the  several  districts,  the  question  of  the  consolidation 
of  such  districts.  Upon  receiving  such  petition,  the  district 
boundary  board  shall,  within  ten  days,  so  notify  the  district 
school  board  of  each  of  the  districts  designated  by  the  petition. 
Each  district  school  board  receiving  such  notice  shall  cause 
its  district  clerk  to  publish,  as  a  part  of  the  notice  for  the  next 
succeeding  annual  meeting,  that  a  vote  will  be  taken  at  such 
annual  meeting  upon  the  question  of  consolidation  of  the  dis- 
tricts designated  in  the  notice  from  the  district  boundary  board, 
which  districts  shall  be  specifically  designated  in  the  notice  for 
the  meeting.  The  vote  upon  the  question  of  consolidation 
shall  be  by  ballot,  and  the  ballots  shall  have  written  or  printed 
upon  them,  "For  consolidation — Yes;"  "For  consolidation — 
No;"  and  the  chairman  of  the  meeting  shall  appoint  two 
tellers,  who  shall  receive  and  count  the  ballots  ;  provided,  that 
in  districts  of  the  first  class  the  judges  shall  be  appointed  in 
the  manner  now  prescribed  by  law.  The  district  clerk,  or  a 
person  authorized  by  the  board  to  act  as  such,  shall  keep  a 
poll  list,  and  record  thereon  the  name  of  each  person  voting 
upon  such  question  at  such  meeting  before  such  vote  is  received 
by  the  tellers.  After  all  legally  qualified  school  electors  pres- 
ent have  voted,  if  they  so  desire,  the  chairman  shall  declare 
the  vote  closed,  and  the  tellers  or  judges  shall  proceed  to  count 
the  vote  in  the  presence  of  the  chairman.  The  district  clerk 
shall  keep  a  tally  sheet  of  the  votes  as  counted  by  tlie  tellers, 
which  tally  sheet  shall  be  certified  to  as  correct  by  the  clerk, 
and  signed  by  the  chairman  and  tellers.  The  tally  sheet,  poll 
list,  and  ballots  shall  be  placed  in  a  sealed  package  by  tlie  dis- 
trict clerk,  who  shall  indorse  thereon  the  number  of  the  dis- 
trict, and  the  name  of  the  county  in  which  it  is  situate,  and 
the  date  on  which  said  election  is  held.  Such  sealed  package, 
together  with  a  statement  of  the  result  of  said  election,  signed 
by  the  chairman  and  the  district  clerk,  shall  be  forwarded  by 
the  district  clerk  within  five  days  after  said  election,  to  tlie  dis- 
trict boundary  board,  directed  to  the  county  school  superin- 
tendent, as  a  member  thereof.  The  district  boundary  board 
shall,  within  ten  days  after  tlie  receipt  of  the  sealed  returns 
from  such  election,  open  the  same  and  proceed  to  canvass  the 
vote.  If  the  board  shall  determine  from  the  returns  that  a 
majority  of  all  votes  cast  in  each  of  the  said  districts  is  in  favor 
of  consolidation,  it  shall  immediately  notify  the  district  school 
board  of  each  district  concerned  of  the  result  of  such  election. 
Within  ten  days  from  the  date  of  such  notice,   the  district 


[24] 

boundary  board  shall  consolidate  all  said  districts  into  one 
district,  the  limits  and  boundaries  of  which  shall  conform  to 
and  be  the  same  as  the  limits  and  boundaries  of  the  territory 
included  in  all  of  the  districts  thus  consolidated.  If  the  dis- 
trict boundar}^  board  shall  determine  that  less  than  a  majority 
of  all  the  votes  cast  in  any  one  of  the  said  districts  is  in  favor 
of  consolidation,  then  said  board  shall  notify  each  of  the  dis- 
trict school  boards  concerned  that  the  proposition  to  consoli- 
date is  defeated.  After  such  district  boundary  board  shall 
have  canvassed  the  vote  on  the  proposition  to  consolidate,  the 
county  school  superintendent  shall  preserve  in  his  office  the 
ballots,  tally  sheets,  and  poll  lists  in  their  original  envelope 
for  a  period  of  one  year. 

Section  4.  Upon  the  application  of  any  board  of  directors 
the  State  Board  of  Education  may,  at  its  discretion,  issue  cer- 
tificates Avithout  examination  to  teachers  in  music  ;  languages 
other  than  English  ;  drawing  and  painting  ;  manual  training 
and  penmanship,  which  ceidficate  shall  entitle  the  holder 
thereof  to  teach  the  subject  therein  named  in  any  school  of 
the  district  under  the  control  of  said  boaj-d  of  directors,  un- 
less revoked  for  cause.  The  State  Board  of  Education  before 
issuing  the  same,  shall  receive  satisfactory  evidence  of  the 
applicant's  fitness  to  teach  the  subject  named  in  the  certifi- 
cate. 

Section  5.  The  district  school  board  may,  at  its  discretion, 
contract  with  the  district  school  board  of  any  other  district 
for  the  admission  of  pupils  in  any  school  in  such  other  dis- 
trict, on  such  terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  such  boards, 
which  contract  shall  be  in  writing  upon  blanks  furnished  by 
the  Superintendent  of  Public^  Instruction  ;  the  expense  so  in- 
curred shall  be  paid  out  of  the  school  funds  of  the  district 
sending  such  pupils.  Should  the  first  mentioned  district  fail 
to  pay  the  expense  so  incurred  according  to  the  terms  of  the 
contract,  the  county  superintendent  of  the  county  containing 
the  first  mentioned  district  shall,  at  the  time  he  makes  his 
next  regular  apportionment,  after  satisfactory  proof  of  such 
failure,  deduct  the  amount  of  the  unpaid  expense  from  the 
amount  due  the  first  mentioned  district  by  said  apportion- 
ment. When  the  county  superintendent  has  made  the  de- 
duction provided  for  in  this  section,  he  shall  draw  a  warrant 
on  the  county  treasurer  in  favor  of  the  second  mentioned  dis- 
trict for  the  amount  of  the  deduction,  and  the  treasurer  shall 
pay  said  warrant  out  of  the  common  school  fund  of  his 
county.     The  county  superintendent's  jurisdiction,  as  herein 


[25] 

provided  for  shall,  in  case  the  first  mentioned  district  be  a 
joint  district,  be  exercised  by  the  county  superintendent  of 
the  county  in  which  the  greater  part  of  such  district  may  be 
situated,  as  shown  by  the  number  of  persons  in  said  district 
between  the  ages  of  four  and  twenty,  according  to  the  school 
clerk's  last  annual  report.  The  county  superintendent's  ac- 
tion in  the  matter  shall  be  final. 

Section  6.  All  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  any 
section  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  22,  1905. 


AN  ACT  [H.  B.  176.] 

To  provide  for  the  levying-  of  taxes  by  counties,  cities,  school  districts,  and 
other  corporations  authorized  by  law  to  levy  taxes,  in  amounts  of  even 
mill  or  mills,  or  in  fractions  of  one- tenth  of  one  mill.. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  cf  Oregon  : 

Section  1.  All  counties,  cities,  school  districts,  and  other 
corporations  which  are  vested  with  the  power  of  levying  taxes, 
shall  make  their  total  levy  terminate  with  even  mill  or  mills, 
or  in  fractions  of  one-tenth  of  one  mill. 

Section  2.  That  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  and  all  charters  of 
any  city  or  town  heretofore  granted  a  charter  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion 1. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  21, 1905 


AN  ACT  [H.  B.  31.] 

Providing  for  a  system  of  uniform  Eighth  Grade  Examinations  for  pupils 
who  have  completed  the  eighth  grade  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  the  State  Course  of  Study. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon  : 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction,  at  such  time  as  he  may  deem  advisable, 
but  not  oftener  than  three  times  each  year,  to  prepare  ques- 
tions for  use  in  the  examinations  of  the  pupils  of  the  schools 
of  this  State  who  have  completed  the  eighth  grade  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  the  State  course  of    study  ;  to  pre- 


[26] 

scribe  uniform  rules  and  regulations  for  the  conducting  of 
such  examinations  ;  and  to  prepare  blank  certificates  of  grad- 
uation for  pupils  successfully  passing  such  examinations  ac- 
cording to  the  standard  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Ed- 
ucation, which  certificate  shall  be  executed  by  the  county 
superintendent  of  their  respective  counties;  and  a  certificate 
so  granted  shall  entitle  the  holder  thereof  to  entrance  into  any 
ninth  grade  in  the  State  without  further  examination  ;  pro- 
vided, that  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  compell- 
ing district  school  boards  to  admit  non  resident  pupils  with- 
out tuition  charge. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chairman  of  the  dis- 
trict board  of  the  district  in  which  said  examination  is  beine: 
held  to  conduct  said  examination  in  person ;  or  designate 
some  member  of  his  board  ;  or  the  school  clerk ;  or  some  per- 
son other  than  the  teacher  of  the  school,  suggested  by  the 
county  superintendent  to  conduct  such  examination  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  rules  and  regulations  j)rescribed  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  conducting  such  ex- 
amination, and  the  person  conducting  the  examination  shal], 
within  one  day  after  the  close  of  the  examination,  transmit 
the  manuscripts  to  the  county  superintendent.  The  person 
conducting  the  examination  shall  receiye  $2.00  per  day  for  the 
time  actually  employed  in  conducting  the  examinations  herein 
provided  for,  but  such  person  shall  not  receive  pay  for  more 
than  two  days  for  au}^  one  examination.  Any  claim  for  com- 
pensation for  services  under  this  section  shall  be  certified  to 
by  the  county  superintendent  and  audited  by  the  district 
school  board,  and  paid  out  of  the  school  fund  of  the  district. 

Section  3.  For  the  purpose  of  examining  and  grading  the 
manuscripts  of  pupils  taking  the  examination  mentioned  in 
sections  1  and  2  of  this  act,  the  county  school  superintendent 
may,  at  his  discretion,  appoint  for  each  examination  four  per- 
sons, who,  with  the  county  superintendent,  shall  constitute  a 
county  board  of  examiners  for  the  uniform  eighth  grade  ex- 
aminations ;  but  no  person  shall  be  eligible  for  appointment 
as  a  member  of  said  board  who  does  not  at  the  time  of  his  ap- 
pointment hold  a  valid  teacher's  certificate  in  full  force  and 
effect  in  said  county.  The  county  superintendent,  or  some 
member  of  said  board  appointed  by  him,  shall  be  chairman  of 
said  board,  and  a  majority  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  of  eighth 
grade  examiners  to  meet  at  the  county  seat,  at  the  call  of  the 
county  superintendent,  for  the  purpose  of  examining  and  grad- 


[27] 

ing  the  manuscripts  of  pupils  taking  such  examinations  in 
accordance  with  sections  1  and  2  of  this  act.  No  questions 
shall  be  used  in  such  examination  except  those  prepared  by 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion 1  of  this  act. 

Section  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintend- 
ent to  report  to  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
within  two  days  after  any  meeting  of  the  County  Board  of 
Eighth  Grade  Examiners,  the  names  of  all  pupils  passing  any 
examination,  as  herein  provided,  together  with  such  other 
facts  relating  to  said  pupils  or  said  examination  as  the  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  may  require. 

Section  6.  Each  member  of  the  eighth  grade  board  of  ex- 
aminers, except  the  county  superintendent,  shall  receive  the 
sum  of  $3.00  per  day  for  the  time  actually  employed  in  the 
examination  herein  provided  for  ;  provided,  that  no  examiner 
shall  receive  pay  for  more  than  three  meetings  of  said  board 
in  any  one  year,  nor  for  more  than  three  days  at  any  one  of 
such  meetings.  Any  claim  for  compensation  for  services 
under  this  section  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  board  and 
audited  by  the  county  court,  and  paid  out  of  the  general  fund 
of  the  county. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  13, 1905. 


AN   ACT  [H.  B.  fi.J 

To  create  the  Oregfon  Library  Commission  and  to  provide  for  the  conduct 
and  expense  thereof,  and  to  appropriate  money  therefor. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the  State  of  Oregon  : 

Section  1.  The  Governor  shall  appoint  one  person,  who 
with  the  Governor,  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  Pres- 
ident of  the  State  University  and  Librarian  of  the  Library  As- 
sociation of  Portland,  shall  constitute  the  Oregon  Library  Com- 
naission.  The  member  appointed  by  the  Governor  shall  be 
appointed  for  a  terra  of  five  years  from  the  first  day  of  June, 
1905,  and  all  subsecjuent  appointments  shall  be  for  the  term 
of  five  years,  except  appointments  to  fill  vacancies,  which 
shall  be  made  by  the  Governor  for  the  unexpired  term. 

Section  2.  The  commission  shall  give  advice  to  all  schools, 
free  and  other  public  libraries,  and  to  all  communities  which 
may  propose  to  establish  them,  as  to  the  best  means  of  estab- 
lishing and  maintaining  such  libraries,  the  selection  of  books, 


[28] 

cataloguing  and  other  details  of  library  management.  It  may 
also  purchase  and  operate  traveling  libraries,  and  circulate 
such  traveling  libraries  within  the  State  among  communities, 
libraries,  schools,  colleges,  universities,  library  associations, 
study  clubs,  charitable  and  penal  institutions,  free  of  cost, 
except  for  transportation,  under  such  conditions  and  rules  as 
shall  protect  the  interest  of  the  State  and  best  increase  the 
efficiency  of  the  service  it  is  expected  to  render  the  public.  It 
may  publish  such  lists  and  circulars  of  information  as  it  shall 
deem  necessary,  and  it  may  also  conduct  a  summer  school  of 
library  instruction  and  a  clearing  house  for  periodicals  for 
free  gift  to  local  libraries. 

Section  3.  The  ofhcers  of  the  commission  shall  be  a  chair- 
man to  be  elected  from  the  members  thereof  for  a  term  of  one 
3^ear,  and  a  secretary,  not  of  its  own  number,  to  be  appointed 
by  the  commission,  who  shall  serve  at  the  will  of  the  commis- 
sion, and  under  such  conditions  as  it  shall  determine.  It  may 
also  employ  such  other  assistants  as  shall  be  requisite  to  the 
performance  of  the  work  of  the  commission  as  set  forth  in 
section  2,  who  shall  serve  upon  such  conditions  as  the  commis- 
sion may  determine.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  to 
keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  commission,  to  keep 
accurate  account  of  its  financial  transactions  and  to  act  under 
the  direction  of  the  commission  in  supervising  the  work  of 
traveling  libraries,  in  organizing  new  libraries,  and  improving 
those  already  established,  and,  in  general,  to  perform  such 
other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  him  by  the  commission.  In 
addition  to  his  salary,  he  shall  be  allowed  his  actual  and  nec- 
essary traveling  expenses  while  absent  from  his  office  upon 
the  services  of  the  commission.  Such  expenses,  when  ap- 
proved by  the  chairman,  or  acting  chairman,  shall  be  certified 
under  oath  to  the  Secretary  of  State  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  bills  incurred  by  the  commission.  No  member  of  such 
commission  shall  be  compensated  for  his  services,  but  accounts 
for  the  traveling  expenses  of  the  members  thereof  in  attending 
meetings  or  establishing  libraries  and  other  necessary  inci- 
dental expenses  connected  with  their  duties  may  be  audited 
by  the  Secretary  of  State  when  certified  by  the  chairman  and 
secretary  of  the  commission. 

Section  4.  The  commission  shall  make  a  biennial  report  to 
the  legislature  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  in  January,  on 
library  conditions  and  progress  in  Oregon,  and  said  report 
shall  contain  an  itemized  statement  of  the  expenses  of  the 
commission.     Such  biennial  report  shall   be  printed   in   the 


[29] 

same  manner  and  under  the  same  regulations  as  the  reports 
of  the  executive  officers  of  the  State.  The  bhmks  and  other 
printed  matter  required  by  the  commission  sluill  be  furnished 
by  the  Secretary  of  State  and  shall  be  paid  for  out  of  the  print- 
in  o;  fund  of  the  State,  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  $250  annually. 

Section  6.  The  salary  of  the  secretary  shall  be  not  to  ex- 
ceed .$1,200  per  annum.  The  traveling  expenses  of  the  com- 
mission and  secretary  shall  be  not  to  exceed  $500  per  annum. 
The  incidental  expenses  of  the  commission  and  secretary  shall 
be  not  to  exceed  $300  per  annum. 

Section  6.  To  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,  there  is 
hereby  aj^propriated  annually,  from  any  moneys  in  the  general 
fund  in  the  State  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the 
sum  of  $2,000,  and  any  balance  not  expended  in  any  one  year 
may  be  added  to  the  expenditure  for  any  ensuing  year;  pro- 
vided, however,  the  amount  expended  by  the  commission  shall 
in  no  case  exceed  the  amount  appropriated  by  this  act. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  9,  1905. 


AN  ACT  [H.  B.  54.] 

To  fix  the  salary  of  the  county  school  superintendent  of  Tillamook  County, 
Oreg'on,  and  to  abolish  any  salary  for  said  officer  other  than  that  provided 
by  this  act. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon  : 

Section  1.  That  from  the  taking  effect  of  this  act,  the  sal- 
ary of  the  school  superintendent  of  Tillamook  County  shall  be 
$1,000  per  annum,  and  said  salary  shall  be  in  lieu  and  in  the 
place  of  any  other  salary  now  provided  by  law  for  such  officer. 

Section  2.  No  sura  shall  be  allowed  the  said  superintendent 
for  expenses  or  any  other  purpose,  but  the  salary  hereby  fixed 
shall  be  in  full  for  salary  as  well  as  expenses  of  every  kind. 

Section  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  3,  1905. 


[30] 


AN   ACT  [H.  B.  230.] 

To  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  reg-ulating'  the  employment  of  child  labor, 
and  for  the  attendance  of  children  at  school;  and  to  appoint  a  board  to 
carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,'"  approved  February  16,  1903,  and 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  of  the  State  of  Oregon,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1903. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon : 

Section  1.  That  an  act  to  regulate  the  employment  of  child 
labor  and  for  the  attendance  of  children  at  school,  and  to  ap- 
point a  board  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,  approved 
February  16,  19(>3,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
State  of  the  State  of  Oregon  on  February  17,  1903,  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows  : 

Section  2.  No  child  under  fourteen  years  of  age  shall  be 
employed  in  any  factory,  store,  workshop,  in  or  about  any 
mine,  or  in  the  telegraph,  telephone,  or  public  messenger 
service. 

Section  3.  No  child  under  the  age  of  fourteen  years  shall 
be  employed  in  any  work  or  labor  of  any  form,  for  wages  or 
other  compensation  to  whomsoever  payable,  during  the  hours 
when  the  public  schools  of  the  town,  district,  or  city  in  which 
he  or  she  resides  are  in  session. 

Section  4.  Attendance  at  school  shall  be  compulsory  upon 
all  children  between  the  ages  of  eight  and  fourteen  years  in 
all  cities,  towns,  and  villages  of  the  State  of  Oregon  during  the 
whole  of  the  school  term  in  the  city,  town,  or  village  in  which 
the  child  resides,  and  upon  all  children  in  such  city,  towns, 
and  villages  between  the  ages  of  fourteen  and  sixteen  years 
who  are  not  employed  in  some  lawful  work. 

Section  5.  No  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age  shall  be 
employed  at  any  work  before  the  hour  of  seven  in  the  morn- 
ing, or  after  the  hour  of  six  at  night,  nor  employed  for  longer 
than  ten  hours  for  any  one  day,  nor  more  than  six  days  in  any 
one  week  ;  and  every  such  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age, 
shall  be  entitled  to  not  less  than  thirty  minutes  for  mealtime 
at  noon,  but  such  mealtime  shall  not  be  included  as  part  of 
the  work  hours  of  the  day  ;  and  every  employer  shall  post  in 
a  conspicuous  place  where  such  minors  are  employed,  a  printed 
notice  stating  the  maximum  work  hours  required  in  one  week, 
and  in  every  day  of  the  week,  from  such  minors. 

Section  6.  No  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age  shall  be 
employed,  permitted,  or  suffered  to  work  in  any  employment 
enumerated  in  section  2  unless  the  person  or  corporation  em- 


[31] 

ploying  him  procures  and  keeps  on  file  and  accessible  to  the 
school  authorities  of  the  district  where  such  child  resides,  and 
to  the  police  and  board  of  inspectors  of  child  labor,  an  age  and 
schooling  certificate  as  hereinafter  prescribed,  and  keep  a 
complete  list  of  all  such  children  emplo3^ed  therein. 

Section  7.  An  age  and  schooling  certificate  shall  be  exe- 
cuted, issued,  and  approved  only  by  the  superintendent  of 
schools,  or  by  a  person  authorized  by  him  in  writing,  or, 
where  there  is  no  superintendent  of  schools,  by  a  person 
authorized  by  the  board  of  school  directors  ;  provided,  that  no 
]uember  of  a  board  of  school  directors  or  other  person  author- 
ized as  aforesaid  shall  have  authority  to  approve  such  certifi- 
cate for  any  child  then  in  or  about  to  enter  his  own  employ- 
ment, or  the  employment  of  a  firm  or  corporation  of  which  he 
is  a  member,  officer,  or  employe.  The  person  approving  the 
certificate  shall  have  authority  to  administer  the  oath  provided 
for  therein,  but  no  fees  shall  be  charged  therefor. 

Section  8,  An  age  and  schooling  certificate  shall  not  be  ap- 
proved unless  satisfactory  evidence  is  furnished  by  the  last 
school  census,  the  duly  attested  transcript  of  the  certificate  of 
birth  or  baptism  of  such  child,  or  other  religious  record,  or 
the  register  of  birth  of  such  child  with  a  town  or  city  clerk, 
that  such  child  is  of  the  age  stated  in  the  certificate. 

Section  9.  The  age  and  schooling  certificate  of  a  child  under 
sixteen  years  of  age  shall  not  be  executed,  approved,  and 
signed  until  he  presents  to  the  person  authorized  to  execute, 
approve,  and  sign  the  same  an  employment  ticket  issued  by 
the  Board  of  Child  Labor  Inspectors,  duly  filled  out  and  signed 
as  hereinafter  prescribed.  A  duplicate  of  each  age  and  school- 
ing certificate  shall  be  filled  out  and  left  on  file  bv  the  board 
of  school  directors.  Any  explanatory  matter  may  be  printed 
with  such  certificate,  in  the  discretion  of  the  board  of  school 
directors  or  superintendent  of  schools.  The  employment 
ticket  and  the  age  and  schooling  certificate  shall  be  separately 
printed,  and  shall  be  filled  out,  signed,  and  held  or  surren- 
dered, as  indicated  in  the  following  form  : 

EMLOYMENT    TICKET. 

When  (name  of  child) ,  height  (feet  and 

inches) ,  eyes  (color) ,  complexion  (fair 

or  dark),  hair  (color) ,  presents  an  age  and  school- 
ing certificate  duly  signed,  I  intend  to  employ  (him  or  her) 

at (nature  of  occupation). 

(Signature  of  intending  employer  or  agent.) 
(Town  or  city  and  date.) 


[32] 

AGE    AND    SCHOOLING    CEJiTIFICATE. 

This  certifies  that  I  am  the  (father,  mother,  guardian,  or 

custodian)  of  (name  of  child) ,  and  that  (he  or 

she)  was  born  at  (name  of  town  or  city) ,  in  the 

county  of  (name  of  county,  if  known,) ,  and  state  (or 

country)  of ,  on  the  (day  and  year  of  birth) , 

and  is  now  (number  of  years  and  mouths) old. 

Signature  of  (father,  mother,  guardian,  or  custodian). 
(Town  or  city  and  date.) 

Then  personally  appeared  before  me  the  above  named  (name 

of  person  signing) and  made  oath  that  the 

foregoing  certificate  by  (him  or  her)  signed  is  true  to  the  best 
of  (his  or  her)  knowledge  and  belief.     I  hereby  approve  the 

foregoing  certificate  of  (name  of  child) ,  height 

(feet  and  inches) ,  eyes  (color) ,  complexion 

(clear  or  dark),  hair  (color) ,  having  no  sufficient  reason 

to  doubt  that  (he  or  she)  is  of  the  age  therein  certified.  I 
hereby  certify  that  (he  or  she)  can  read  at  sight  and  (can  or 
can  not)  write  legibly  simple  sentences  in  the  English  lan- 
guage, and  that  (he  or  she)  has  reached  the  normal  develop- 
ment of  a  child  of  (his  or  her)  age,  and  is  in  sound  health 
and  is  physically  able  to  perform  the  work  which  (he  or  she) 
intends  to  do,  and  that  (he  or  she)  has  regularly  attended  the 
public  schools,  or  a  school  equivalent  thereto,  for  not  less  than 
one  hundred  and  sixty  days  during  the  school  year  previous 
to  arriving  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  or  during  the  year 
previous  to  applying  for  such  school  record,  and  has  received 
during  such  period  instruction  in  reading,  spelling,  writing, 
English  grammar,  and  geography,  and  is  familiar  with  the  fun- 
damental operations  of  arithmetic  to  and  including  fractions. 

This  certificate  belongs  to  (name  of  child  in  whose  behalf  it 

is  drawn) and  is  to  be  surrendered  to  (him  or 

her)  whenever  (he  or  she)  leaves  the  service  of  the  corpora- 
tion or  employer  holding  the  same  ;  but  if  not  claimed  by  said 
child  within  thirty  days  from  such  time  it  shall  be  returned 
to  the  superintendent  of  schools,  or,  where  there  is  no  super- 
intendent of  schools,  to  the  school  committee. 

(Signature  of  person  authorized  to  approve  and  sign,  with 
official  character  or  authority.) 

(Town  or  city  and  date. ) 

Section  10.  A  failure  to  produce  to  the  school  authorities 
of  the  district  where  such  child  resides  and  to  the  police  and 
to  the  board  of  inspectors  of  child  labor  any  age  and  school- 


[33] 

ing  certificate  or  list  required  by  this  act  shall  be  prima  facie 
evidence  of  the  illegal  employment  of  any  person  whose  age 
and  schooling  certificate  is  not  produced  or  whose  name  is  not 
so  listed.  Any  corporation  or  employer  retaining  any  age  and 
schooling  certificate  in  violation  of  section  5  of  this  act  shall 
be  fined  $10.  Every  person  authorized  to  sign  the  certificate 
prescribed  by  section  5  of  this  act  who  knowingly  certifies  to 
any  materially  false  statement  therein  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  $5.00  and  not  more  than  $50.  The  Board  of  Inspectors  of 
Child  Labor  or  any  one  or  more  of  them  or  any  one  authorized 
by  such  board  in  writing  may  visit  the  factories,  workshops, 
and  mercantile  establishments  in  their  several  towns  and  cities 
and  ascertain  whether  any  minors  are  employed  therein  con- 
trary to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  they  shall  report  any 
cases  of  such  illegal  employment  to  the  proper  school  author- 
ities and  to  the  district  attorney  of  the  county.  The  Board  of 
Inspectors  of  Child  Labor  may  require  that  the  age  and  school- 
ing certificates  and  lists  provided  for  by  this  act,  of  minors  em- 
ployed in  such  factories,  workshojDS,  or  mercantile  establish- 
ments, shall  be  produced  for  their  inspection.  Complaints 
for  offenses  under  this  act  shall  be  brought  by  the  Board  of 
Inspectors  of  Child  Labor  to  the  attention  of  the  proper  dis- 
trict attorney  and  offenses  hereunder  shall  be  prosecuted  by 
such  district  attorney. 

Section  11.  Any  person  or  corporation  who  shall  employ 
a  minor  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  thereof,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor and  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less 
than  $10  nor  more  than  $25  for  the  first  offense,  nor  less  than 
$25  nor  more  than  $50  for  the  second  offense,  and  be  impris- 
oned for  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  thirty  days  for  the 
third  and  each  succeeding  offense. 

Section  12.  Any  parent  or  guardian  who  shall  violate  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  act  or  allow  any  child  under  their 
custody  or  control  to  be  employed  contrary  to  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
tion thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $5.00  and  not  more 
than  $25. 

Section  13.     The  Board  of  Inspectors  of  Child  Labor  may 

in  its  discretion  allow  children  between  the  ages  of  twelve 

and  fourteen  to  be  employed  in  any  suitable  work  during  any 

school  vacation  extending  over  a  term  of  two  weeks  and  may 

3 


[34] 

issue  permits  therefor.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  board  to 
exercise  careful  discretion  as  to  the  character  of  such  employ- 
ment and  its  effect  on  the  physical  and  moral  well  being  of 
the  child. 

Section  14.  The  Board  of  Inspectors  of  Child  Labor  of  the 
State  of  Oregon,  heretofore  appointed  such  board  under  the 
provisions  of  the  act  of  which  this  is  amendatory,  are  hereby 
appointed  a  board  of  inspectors  of  child  labor  of  the  State  of 
Oregon,  and  shall  serve  without  compensation.  The  term  for 
which  such  inspectors  shall  serve  shall  be  one,  two,  three, 
four,  and  five  years,  respectively,  from  the  time  of  their  orig- 
inal appointment,  the  terms  to  remain  as  already  determined 
by  lot  under  said  original  act,  and  upon  the  expiration  of  the 
term  of  any  one  of  said  inspectors  the  Governor  shall  appoint 
his  or  her  successor  to  serve  for  a  term  of  five  years.  Ap- 
pointments shall  be  so  made  that  three  at  least  of  said  in- 
spectors shall  always  be  women. 

Section  15.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with 
this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  22, 1905. 


AN  ACT  [S.  B.  153.] 

To  retain  from  the  school  fund  of  Wheeler  County  and  pay  to  the  school 
fund  of  Gilliam  County  certain  moneys  overpaid  to  Wheeler  County  by 
Gilliam  County  out  of  "the  school  furfd  of  said  Gilliam  County. 

Whereas,  certain  moneys  were  overpaid  to  districts  in 
Wheeler  County  out  of  the  school  funds  of  Gilliam  County 
by  the  school  superintendent  of  said  Gilliam  County,  which 
moneys  were  so  overpaid  in  the  year  1899  by  E.  W.  Daggett, 
the  then  duly  qualified  and  acting  school  superintendent  of 
said  Gilliam  County,  and  for  said  reason  the  districts  herein- 
after named  in  section  2  of  this  act  have  received  more  than 
their  pro  rata  distribution  of  the  school  funds  of  the  State  of 
Oregon,  and  the  districts  in  Gilliam  County  hereinafter  men- 
tioned have,  for  said  reason,  received  less  than  their  p?'o  rata 
share  out  of  the  school  funds  of  said  Gilliam  County;  now, 
therefore, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Oregon : 

Section  1.  That  out  of  the  annual  apportionment  of  school 
money  due  to  Wheeler  County  for  the  year  1905,  the  State 
Treasurer  retain  from  the  money  due  to  said  Wheeler  County, 


[  85  ]■•      ■' 

the  sum  of  $313.60,  and  that  the  said  sum  be  paid  to  Gilliam 
County,  Oregon,  in  addition  to  the  amount  due  to  said  (lilliam 
County  from  the  State  of  Oregon  for  said  year. 

Section  2.  That  the  school  suiDerintendent  of  Wheeler 
County,  in  making  his  distribution  of  the  funds  in  his  hands 
among  the  different  districts  of  said  Wheeler  County,  shall 
retain  said  sums  in  the  following  amounts  from  the  following 
named  districts  in  said  Wheeler  County,  which  are  the  dis- 
tricts ascertained  to  have  been  overpaid  in  the  distribution 
from  Gilliam  County  in  the  year  1899,  to  wit : 

District  number  eighteen $  2  07 

District  number  nineteen 30  96 

District  number  twenty 12  83 

District  number  twenty-one 129  54 

District  number  twenty-three 22  81 

District  number  twenty-eight 24  44 

District  number  thirty-two 10  58 

District  number  thirty-four 30  14 

District  number  thirty-six 7  22 

District  number  thirty-nine -^ 17  93 

District  number  forty 64 

District  number  forty-one 14  67 

District  number  forty-two 9  77 


$  313  60 

Section  3.  That  said  sum  to  be  retained  from  the  school 
fund  apportioned  to  Wheeler  County  and  paid  to  Gilliam 
County,  as  provided  by  section  1  of  this  act,  shall  be  distrib- 
uted and  apportioned  by  the  school  superintendent  of  Gilliam 
County  to  the  districts  in  Gilliam  County  wdiich  have  lost  by 
said  overpayment  to  Wheeler  County,  in  the  following  sums 
and  amounts,  to  wit : 

District  number  one .$  52  19 

District  number  two 11  07 

District  number  three 4  50 

District  number  four 7  61 

District  number  five 8  99 

District  number  six 11  42 

District  number  seven 6  92 

District  number  eight 5  8S 

District  number  nine 36  29 

District  number  ten 5  19 

District  number  eleven 12  43 


[36] 

District  number  twelve $  10  37 

District  number  thirteen 10  93 

District  number  fourteen 9  33 

District  number  fifteen 2  76 

District  number  sixteen 9  33 

District  number  seventeen 10  72 

District  number  twenty-four 2  07 

District  number  twenty-five 4  83 

District  number  twenty-six 6  57 

District  number  twenty-seven 12  43 

District  number  twenty-nine 7  61 

District  number  thirty 6  23 

District  number  thirty-one 12  09 

District  number  thirty-three 9  18 

District  number  thirty-five 6  92 

District  number  thirty-eight 6  92 

District  number  forty-three 9  35 

District  number  forty-four 5  19 

District  number  forty-five 6  91 

District  number  forty-nine 34 

District  number  fifty-two 1  03 

$  313  60 
Filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  February  18, 1905. 


SALARIES   OF    COUNTY  SCHOOL    SUPERINTENDENTS. 

The  salary  of  the  county  school  superintendent  of  Benton 
County  shall  be  $800  per  annum,  to  take  effect  on  the  first 
Monday  in  August,  1908.      [Laws  1905,  c.  58,  p.  122.] 

The  salary  of  the  county  school  superintendent  of  Douglas 
County  shall  be  $1,200  per  annum.    [Laws  1905,  c.  94,  p.  177.] 


'n-n'-ymMi  irartirtiffltir  itinfr,rf 


380092 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CAUFORNIA  LIBRARY 


r 


T  — -' 


n 


